unlikely. there are 3 commercial tenants in the building, and only one of them attracts people with bikes; that's where i go. my contact would've been the first to hear any complaints; if it's a complaint that she's unable to resolve, then she'd be the one raising the issue with the landlord/pm. the other tenants didn't know anything about it, other than telling me how looney and stingy the landlord/pm is.

anyway... the racks are big enough to make the locks look small; no one could reasonably complain that the locks were in the way of anything, especially with a 2nd rack right there.

i still think the landlord/pm just got tired of seeing them there, never saw a bike locked-up during the day, and assumed they were abandoned. if that's the case, then he screwed up by not talking to any of the tenants first, and he's lying to cover his ass. that's where i'd put 10-1 odds.